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Malawi is one of the countries in the southern part of Africa, hit hard by the effects of climate change. Each year, the country is either hit by floods or dry spells, and sometimes both. For the past three years, rainfall pattern has completely changed. Farmers plant maize the staple food, after 1st December, contrary to what used to happened in the past when people were planting maize and other crops such as maize, beans and pigeon peas by 31st October.…

Anyone cannot live without any relations. As a globalized world the relations over the world have become important. The concept of Identity is emerged in those relations as a significant icon because from inter personal relations to interstate relations, it is…

“A certain man found his wife with another man in his bedroom. Instead of shouting or beating both of them, he just looked at them and went back to the sitting room. He switched on the television and started watching some gospel videos. The wife and the ‘Boyfriend’ were in panic. The ‘boyfriend’ dressed up and came by the sitting room and said, "Sir I am sorry for sleeping with your wife", and the response he got from the man of the house was,…

Very nice shiny morning. The hills show their natural beauty. Suddenly clouds have come and surrounded the whole area. After ten minutes, clouds have gone and everything gets clearly visible. It seems that the hilly area flourishing itself newly. Very nice moments for the travellers, come from…

Young entrepreneurs are taking the baton of sustainable development from community level solutions to globally replicable innovations. Sustainable Development Goals present a renewed opportunity for entrepreneurship to be viewed as an inclusive undertaking, given its multi-dimensional impact.

A young entrepreneur, Augustin Ekka from Assam earmarked one such success…

Two days between International Day of Youth and Independence Day of India quite feel like a cavity deep down in a seabed from where thoughts, ideas and opportunities bubble to the surface. Doesn’t add up much, does it? Well, if one were to look at the symbolic representation of these days the first celebrates young people and the latter the youthful spirit of independence and the struggle, the glory the nation’s freedom struggle showcased.

21 May 2015 – Djamel was still in high school when he was radicalized.

It was 1991. Algeria’s military had just annulled the country’s general election fearing the establishment of a theocratic state after the Islamic Salvation Front won the first round of voting. As violent protests erupted on the streets, the country steadily descended into civil…

The most brilliant talk I ever sat through was delivered by Rajkumar, a South Indian youth leader during a conclave last year. He spoke in Tamil, and not many followed his language, but his passion was plain infectious. It left the room full of around 80 people amazed; we all knew it was education he had spoken about, it’s only after translation that we found out it was…

The Theme for the 7th International Conference on Youth and Interfaith Dialogue is: "The Role of Religions to Build Peace & Security and Transcend Violent Extremism in Africa”. The conference will engage participants in a dynamic experience of faith development as well as challenge them to positively respond to the universal call to holiness. Our world today more than ever before is…

Every morning one lady bike rider passes me when my bus gets stuck in the jam on the way to my office. She goes ahead to her destination by driving her Scooty easily and naturally on the wide and narrow spaces on the road as like as a man. Every day when I see her I give her a salute and admire her courage because it is Bangladesh, a moderate Islamic country by the constitution, where a big part of the people do not support from their mind to let the women go out from home for working…

This post was originally published on Linda Raftree's Blog"Wait...What?"

ICTs are increasingly being looked to as holding great promise for improving participatory governance and citizen engagement. Mobile phones have been a game-changer in this sphere, with nearly seven billion mobile-cellular subscriptions worldwide, including 89% penetration in the…